Excerpt from Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. 11: A History of the Canadian People and Their Institutions by One Hundred Associates In the Chapters which follow records are to be found Of the religious, intellectual and artistic activities of the country. They are at least evidences of Canada's aspirations to share in the spiritual Civilization of the nations. In certain spheres of intellectual activity our achievement as a people surely falls short Of that degree of excellence which we could wish to be regarded as the Canadian standard. But we have set up no lofty ideals and, until we have before us constantly a standard for contemplation, our attainment will seldom rise above the commonplace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.